Anesthetic dropping stand



1933- L. E. HAUGHEY ANESTHETIC DROPPING STAND Filed April 50, 1931' 2Sheets-Sheet Jan. 24, 1933. L, HAUGHEY 1,895,036

ANESTHETIC DROPPING STAND Filed April 36. 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedJan. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES LEO E. HAUGHEY, OF CONCORDIIL KANSAS'ANESTHETIC DROP Pine swarm Application filed April 30,

This invention aims to provide a novel means whereby an anaesthetic maybe administered readily to a patient, it being possible for a surgeon tooperate, and at the L same time have his anaesthetic dispensed properly,the device being of peculiar utility when there is no one at hand toadminister the anaesthetic, as an attendant upon the surgeon. Anotherobject of the invention is to provide a device of the class describedwhich can be held in place by the head of the patient, either on a bedor on an operating table. A further object of the invention is toprovide an article of the sort mentioned which can be adjustedreadily,'both vertically and horizontally.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the in- 'ventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed 1 and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is a top plan;Figure 3 is an elevation wherein the device is viewed endwise; Figure 4is a fragmental side elevation showing a modification, parts beingbroken away in all of the views.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises ahorizontal base 1, a vertically adjustable standard 2 at one end of thebase, a removable, horizontally adjustable arm 3 on the upper end of thearm, and a dropper 4 carried by the arm and located above theouter' endof the base, the

parts 1, 2, and 3 cooperating to form a U- shaped frame, as Figure 1will show. 7

As to details, the base 1 comprises a fork 5, the arms of which arewidely separated,

the arms merging into a shank 6 to which is 1931. Serial No. 534,109.

secured a tubular socket'7-oarrying a set'- screw 8. A post 9 isvertically adjustable, in the socket 7 A bracket 10 is provided and hasa depending end 11. A bore 12-extends part way through the end 1'1of thebracket, and in this bore, theupperfend of the post 9 is removablyreceived. A setscrew ltis threaded into the end 11 of the bracket 10.

An extension rod 15" is longitudinally slidable and" rotatable foradjustment in the bracket 10 and is held in placeby a setscrew 16,threaded into the bracket. The outer end of the extension rod 15 isslidablyand ro tatably received in a support 17 carryinga setscrew 5 18,which engages the extension rod15. I1

The dropper 4: is of known construction, and may be an article of thekind now used for the lubrication of machinery. It'comprises a tank 19provided at its lower end with a reduced neck 20, threaded into a hole21 extended entirely through the outer end of the support 17. The'fneck'20 terminates in a nozzle 22, through which the anaesthetic passes, dropby drop. The numeral 23 designates" means whcreby'the flow of theanaes-' thetic to the nozzle 22 may be regulated: A more extendeddescription of the dropper 4 is not necessary, sincethe'foregoingremarks, noted in connection with the drawingQwill makeboth its construction and operation manifest. 7 i

In Figure 4 of the drawings parts hereinbefore described have beendesignated by numerals previously used, with sufiix a. The modificationconsist in making the arm 3a in one piece, rather than longitudinallyadjustable, as in Figure 1.

The fork 5 of the base 1 is placed under the pillow on which the head ofthe patient rests, and the device, therefore, is held in place by theWeight of the patients head. The article can be used with equal facilityeither on a bed or on an operating table. The standard 2 extendsupwardly behind the patients head, and the post 9 can be adjustedvertically to place the nozzle 22 properly, so far as verticaladjustment is concerned, the post 9 being held in adjusted po-,

sition by tightening the setscrew 8. Horizontal adjustment canbe'obtained by sliding the rod 15 in and out and holding it through theinstrumentality of the setscrew 16. A p further adjustment can besecured by ro- 5 tating the rod 15 in the bracket 10. After the framehas been arranged properly, the flow of the anaesthetic, drop by drop,can be regulated by the means shown at23; The article can be taken apartand stowed in small compass in a special case, or in a physicians bag,it being" notedthat-the parts L i 417-1510-9-7 are readily separable.

The setscrew 14 may be loosened, and then p the arm 3 may be swunglaterally, itbeing 15 possible, thus, to move the dropper 4' toward andaway from a position above the head of the. atient.

hat isclaimed is 1 I An anaesthetic dropping stand comprising a baseprovided at one end with a horizontal fork which receives andfdeterminestheposition of the patients head, so far as horizontal movement of thehead is concerned, a vertical standard at the opposite end of the base,a horizontal rod carried bythe standard, asupport, a dropper carried bythe support and located above and between the sides of the fork, thestandard. comprising I parts which are relatively adjustable, about 1 ai-vertical axis thereby to give the dropper a gross adjustmenthorizontally with respect to thesides of the fork, means for mountingthe support for rotation about a horizontal axis on the rod, to give thedropper a fine adjustment with respect to the sides of the fork, andclamp means connecting vthe sup; port with the rod and holding thesupport ,ag ainst rotary movement onthe rod, the p I lower end of thedropper beingso close to the support, and the clamp means being so 7close to the lower end ofthe dropper that while the hand of an operatoris or i ,,the clamp means, the same; hand .can catch. the

drip from the dropper.

" In testimony that I claim the. foregoing. as n my, own, I have heretoaffixed :my'. signature. LEO E. HAUGHEY.

